A CARVED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE

Lot 825
24.03.2022 12:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 3 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 718421
Lot 825 | A CARVED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
A CARVED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE

1770-1830

Of rounded rectangular form, the bottle is carved in high relief on one side with a scene of a monkey seated on a rocky ledge gazing at the reflection of the moon in the waves below. The reverse is carved in low relief with a figure crossing a bridge beneath a blossoming prunus tree.

2 5⁄8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper







Provenance

Hugh Moss, Hong Kong, 1993.

Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
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